August 01, 2011
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-161
NASA TELEVISION TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK
HOUSTON -- Two cosmonauts will conduct a six-hour spacewalk on
Wednesday, Aug. 3, to continue outfitting the Russian segment of the
International Space Station. NASA Television will broadcast the
spacewalk beginning at 9 a.m. CDT.
Expedition 28 Russian Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Alexander
Samokutyaev will install laser communications equipment and replace
experiments on the Zvezda service module. They also will retrieve a
rendezvous antenna, relocate a boom structure to aid future
spacewalks and deploy a small satellite equipped with an amateur
radio transmitter and a student-built experiment.
The duo will wear Russian Orlan spacesuits and will emerge from the
Pirs docking compartment airlock at about 9:30 a.m. The spacewalk
will be the third for Volkov, who performed two spacewalks as
Expedition 17 commander in 2008. This will be the first spacewalk for
Samokutyaev.
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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